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CCDB → Angiosperms → Poaceae → Pennisetum → Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.
| Name | Accepted Name | Gametophytic(n) | Sporophytic(2n) | Data Source | reference | ||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 16 | IAPT/IOPB | IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 12 | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 18 | IAPT/IOPB | IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 11 | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 7 | 21 | IPCN online | Mehra, P. N. 1982. Cytology of East Indian grasses. ý. | ||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | -14 | IPCN online | Sujatha, D. M., V. Manga, M. V. S. Rao & J. S. R. Murty. 1989. Meiotic studies in some species of Pennisetum (L.) Rich. (Poaceae). Cytologia 54: 641–652. | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | IPCN online | Parihar, S. K. & S. N. Tripathi. 1989. Karyotypes of Pennisetum species. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 68: 295–299. | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 14 | 28 | IPCN online | Sinha, R. R. P., A. K. Bhardwaj & R. K. Singh. 1990. SOCGI plant chromosome number reports---IX. J. Cytol. Genet. 25: 140–143. | ||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 7 | 21 | IPCN online | Aken'ova, M. E. & H. R. Chheda. 1981. Morphology, cytology and forage potential of Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum. X P. purpureum Schum. Amphidiploids. Euphytica 30: 397–404. | ||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | IPCN online | DUJARDIN, M. 1979. Additional chromosome numbers and meiotic behaviour in tropical African grasses from western Zaire. Canad. J. Bot. 57: 864–876. | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 14II | 28 | IPCN online | Vidhya, K. & A. K. F. Khan. 2003. Hybrid between Pennisetum schweinfurthii and Napier Grass. Cytologia 68: 183–190. | ||
| Pennisetum macrostachyum Benth. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 34 | IPCN online | SHANTHAMMA, C. 1979. Reproductive behavior of Pennisetum macrostachyum Benth., and a new basic chromosome number in the genus Pennisetum. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 106: 73–78. | |||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schrn. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 14 | IPCN72 | RANGASAMY, S.R.R. 1972. Cytological studies on diploid and polyploid taxa of the genus Pennisetum Rich. Genetica 43: 257-273. | ||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 14 | IPCN67-71 | PANTULU, J.V., & J. VENKATESWARLU. 1968. Morphology of the pachytene chromosomes of Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. Genetica 39: 41-44. | |||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 14 | IPCN67-71 | RAMULU, K.S. 1968. Meiosis and fertility in derivatives of amphiploid Pennisetum. Caryologia 21: 147-156. | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 27 | IPCN67-71 | GOULD, F.W., & T.R. SODERSTROM. 1970. Chromosome numbers of some Mexican and Colombian grasses. Canad. J. Bot. 48: 1633-1639. | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 14 | IPCN67-71 | SETHI, G.S., H.R. KALIA, & B.S. GHAI. 1970. Cytogenetical studies of three interspecific hybrids between Pennisetum typhoides Stapf and Hubb. and P. purpureum Schumach. Cytologia 35: 96-1DT. | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | IPCN67-71 | Q15 SREE RAMULU, K., & S.R. SREE RANGASAMY. 1971. Karyomorphological studies in Pennisetum. Cytologia 36: Q80-Q86. | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 14 | IPCN75-78 | Mehra & Sharma 1975a | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 14 | IPCN75-78 | Christopher & Abraham 1976 | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | IPCN73-74 | KAMMACHER, P., G. ANOMA, E. ADJANOHOUN & L. AKE ASS!. 1973. Nombres chromosomiques de Graminees de Cote-d'Ivoire. Candollea 28: 191-217. | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 27, 28 | IPCN73-74 | KHOSLA, P.K., & P.N. Mehra. 197 3. In IOPB chromosome number XLII. Taxon 22: 647-654. | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 14, 18 | IPCN73-74 | OLORODE, o. 1974. Chromosome counts in some Nigerian grasses. Cytologia 39: 429-435. | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 14 | Kumar, 1987 | . Mehra, P.N. & Kohli, B.L. 1966 ; Mehra, P.N. et al. 1968 | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 21 | Kumar, 1987 | Bhattacharya, B. 1974 | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 27 | Kumar, 1987 | Parodi, L.R. 1946 ; Gould, F. W. & Soderstrom, T .R. 1970 | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | Kumar, 1987 | Burton, G.W. 1942; Krishnaswamy, N. 1951; Nunez, 0.1952; Sim- monds, N.W. 1954 ; Chandola, R.P. 1959 ; Gildenhuys, P. & Brix, K. 1964 ; Venkateswarlu, J. & Murty, U.R.K. 1966b; Pantulu, J.V. & Venkateswarlu, J. 1968 ; Ramulu, K.S. 1968 ; Sethi, G. et al. 1970 ; Ramulu, K.S. & Rangasamy, S.R.S. 1971 ; Rangasamy, S.R.S. 1972; Kammacher, P. et al. 1973 ; Olorode, O. 1974b; Mehra, P.N. & Sharma, M.L. 1975b ; Christopher, J. & Abraham. A .. 1976; Dujardin, M. 1979a | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28, 56 | Kumar, 1987 | Krishnaswamy, N. & Raman, V.S. l948b | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 54, 56 | Kumar, 1987 | Khosla, P.K. & Mebra, P.N. 1973 | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 56 | Kumar, 1987 | Gadella, T.W.J. & Kliphuis, E. 1964 | ||
| Pennisetum macrostachyum Benth. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 68 | Kumar, 1987 | Narayan, K.N. & Shanthamma, C. 1968; Shanthamma, C. & Narayan, K.N. 1976, 1976-1977 ; Shanthamma, c. 1979 | |||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 27,28 | eFlora | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 27 | Fedorov, 1974 | Parodi 1946 | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | Fedorov, 1974 | Burton 1942 | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | Fedorov, 1974 | Krishnaswamy 1951 | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | Fedorov, 1974 | Nunez 1952 | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | Fedorov, 1974 | Simmonds 1954 | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | Fedorov, 1974 | Chandola 1959 | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | Fedorov, 1974 | Gildenhuys, Brix 1964 | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28, 56 | Fedorov, 1974 | Krishnaswamy, Raman 1948b | |||
| Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 56 | Fedorov, 1974 | Gadella, Kliphuis 1964 | |||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | Darlington, 1955 | Simmonds 1954 | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 27 | Darlington, 1955 | Parodi 1946 | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28, 56 | Darlington, 1955 | Krishnaswamy & R. '48b | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | C-values database | Taylor MG, Vasil IK. 1987. Analysis of DNA size, content and cell cycle in leaves of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 74: 681-686. | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | Cave1958 | Gilden.&Brix 1958a | ||
| ! | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. | 28 | Cave1959 | Chandola 1959 |